November 29 in history: • 1854 – An estimated crowd of more than 10,000 demonstrators swore allegiance to the Eureka Flag (pictured) as a symbol of defiance in advance of the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Australia. → go there • 1890 – The National Diet of Japan, a bicameral legislature modelled after both the German Reichstag and the British Westminster system, first met in Tokyo. → go there • 1947 – The United Nations General Assembly voted to approve the Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab–Israeli conflict in Mandatory Palestine by separating the territory into Jewish and Arab states. → go there • 1982 – Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released. → go there • 2007 – During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a conference room at The Peninsula Manila in Makati. → go there Died 1643: Claudio Monteverdi → go there Born 1898: C. S. Lewis Wiki link Died 1932: Abdullah Cevdet Wiki link Born 1940: Janet Smith Wiki link Pictured: Eureka Flag.